2. (modifier) brawny, muscular, nuggety, sinewy, wiry, stringy.
E ai ki ngā kōrero, he tangata pakaua ia. / According to accounts he was a muscular man.
3. (noun) gristle.
4. (noun) stringy fibre.
He pai ake kia tunua te mamaku kia wehe ai te pakaua i te kiko (Te Ara 2016). / It was better to roast the mamaku fern to separate the stringy fibres from the flesh.
